Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement, etc.
Summary
Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters.Provides that an anxiety disorder or depressive disorder, as both are defined in the bill, incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' CompensationAct on the same basis as post-traumatic stress disorder. The billprovides that a mental health professional must diagnose the law-enforcementofficer or firefighter as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressivedisorder as a result of a qualifying event, as defined in the Code,and includes other conditions for compensability.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Feb 15, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 1, 2022
How they voted
21–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 22
Feb 1, 2022
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican12
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Feb 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2022
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0-1)
house of delegates
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Committee
Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101170D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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